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Ex-U.S. adviser: Russia violating international law

The government, pointing to a 2010 study, said there was no need for a big army because Ukraine's primary threats came not from the outside but from internal political destabilization.

According to the CIA World Factbook, Ukraine has 15.7 million males and females ages 16-49 fit for military service.

Compare that with 45.6 million Russians of similar age who are fit for military service.

Those figures may have been on the mind of Ukraine's acting defense minister, Ihor Tenyuh, on Sunday. He told a closed session of parliament then that Ukraine does not have the military force to resist Russia, according to two parliamentary members present at the meeting.